The women's small business start-up kit a step-by-step legal guide - Pakroo, Peri 1968- (Nolo, 2014)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Crafting a solid business/life fit -- Targeting a profitable market with a winning idea -- Making the financial transition to self-employment -- Drafting an effective business plan -- Understanding and choosing a legal structure -- Your business location : working from home or renting space -- Dealing with start-up requirements and bureaucratic hurdles -- Getting the word out : cost-effective marketing -- E-business : conducting and marketing your business online -- Keeping your books and managing your finances -- Federal, state, and local tax basics -- Building your business and hiring employees and other workers -- Lawyers and accountants : building your family of professionals
"The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, written by the author of the bestselling The Small Business Start-Up Kit, gives you the practical and legal information you need to kickstart a successful enterprise--whether you're an arty creative type, an independent consultant or a Fortune 500-seeker. In addition to a breakdown of the common issues and concerns facing women entrepreneurs of every strip, you'll find information and guidance on: choosing and developing the right business to live the life you want; drafting an effective business plan; programs that give government contracting preferences to women-owned businesses; understanding and choosing a legal structure; clearing the bureaucratic start-up hurdles; taking your business online and developing an eBusiness; financial management and tax basics for small businesses; balancing work, children, and family relationships; hiring and managing employees. The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit retains its focus on women's business-related issues without devolving into stereotypes and never loses sight of the legal rules and fundamentals of starting and running your business."--